Systems and methods for preparing ground-based weather radar information for use in an installation vehicle
a technology for installing vehicles and weather radars, applied in the direction of climate sustainability, instruments, measurement devices, etc., can solve the problems of limited effective range of weather radars and inability to provide ground-based supplemental weather radar information in a forma
Active Publication Date: 2011-03-31
HONEYWELL INT INC
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However, weather radars have a limited effective range.
Although ground-based supplemental weather radar information may extend the effective range of an aircraft's airborne radar system, such ground-based supplemental weather radar information is not available in a format that is readily integrated into an airborne radar weather information database.
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[0013]A weather radar information system 100 processes ground-based weather radar information received from one or more ground-based weather radar stations 102 into supplemental weather radar information. The supplemental weather radar information is then communicated to an installation vehicle, such as, but not limited to, an aircraft 104. The term “weather” generally refers to any type of weather radar detectable weather phenomena, such as, but not limited to, storm cells, turbulence regions, lightning, precipitation, hail, snow, wind shear, icing conditions, and the like that the installation vehicle may encounter. Embodiments of the weather radar information system 100 may communicate the supplemental weather radar information to any suitable installation vehicle.
[0014]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a planned flight path 106 of the aircraft 104 through a region of space 108 having a plurality of storm cells 110, 112, 114, some of which may be beyond the effective r...
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Systems and methods prepare ground-based supplemental weather radar information for integration with onboard weather radar information. An exemplary embodiment receives ground-based weather radar information from a ground-based weather radar station, the ground-based weather radar information referenced in a first coordinate system; generates supplemental weather radar information from the received ground-based weather radar information, wherein the supplemental weather radar information is referenced to a second coordinate system based upon at least latitude and longitude; and communicates the supplemental weather radar information, wherein the communicated supplemental weather radar information is integrated with weather radar information of an onboard weather radar system of an installation vehicle.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Weather radars, such as found on aircraft or marine vessels, display hazardous weather information based upon analyzed radar returns. Radar return information corresponding to detected hazardous weather information is presented to the crew of the aircraft or marine vessel on a display, typically using a plan view showing a geographic area over which the aircraft or vessel is traversing.[0002]However, weather radars have a limited effective range. Supplemental weather radar information may be provided to the aircraft from remote sources. For example, ground-based weather radar systems can provide supplemental weather radar information to an aircraft. An exemplary supplemental weather radar information apparatus and method is described in the commonly assigned U.S. utility application to Brian Bunch, et. al., entitled, “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING NEXRAD INFORMATION TO VERIFY WEATHER RADAR INFORMATION,” having Ser. No. 12 / 476,726, filed on Jun. 2, 20...
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CPCG01S7/003G01S13/953G01S13/951Y02A90/10
Inventor BUNCH, BRIAN PAUL
Owner HONEYWELL INT INC